Knockdown box.



F. REIGBR.

KNOGKDOWN BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED we. 7, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT FFTE.

FRITZ REIGER, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

KNOCKDO W N BOX.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, FRITZ REIGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springiield, in the county of Sangamon and State oflllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in knockdown boxes, and is designedespecially as a receptacle for berries and small fruits.

The main object of the invention is to provide a substitute for theusual berry box, one which can be put together' without the use of tacksor staples in securing its members together.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is hereinafter described andillustrated in the accompanying drawings.

.ln the drawings F igure 1 is a perspective view of the folded bottomblank of the box. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sides blank of thebox folded as when in position in the completed box. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the completed box. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of thecompleted box taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional view ofthe completed box taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. G is a plan view ofthe sides blank of the box. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the bottom blank ofthe box.

Referring to the drawings, portions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, G, 7, 8 and 9comprise the bottom blank, portions 2, 3 and 4 with portions 6, l and Sforming the suspension means for the bottom portions 1, 5 and 9. Thesides blank is composed of portions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14. The blanksmay be formed of cardboard, strawboard, thin wooden strips, or anysimilar suitable material.

ln setting up the box, the sides blank is bent to form a square,portions 11 and 13 forming two opposite sides, portion 12 forminganother side, and portions 10 and 14 together forming the remainingside. Portions 10 and 14 are united and secured to each other by raisingportion 10 above portion 14 and pressing slot 16 into slot 15 for theirentire depth, in which relation portion 10n of portion 10 will fallinside of portion 141 of portion 14 and portion 10b of portion 10 willfall inside of portion 14b of portion 14, or vice versa. The bottomblank is threaded through slot 17 of portion 12 of the sides blank, flapportion 1 passing through first followed by portions 2, 3, 4 and 5 untilthe end of portion 5 is flush with the outer Specification of LettersPatent.

Application Ied August '7, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

Serial No. 713,915. i

surface of portion 12, and the other end falls just below edge 18 of endportions 10 and 14 of the sides blank. Portion 4 is then bent upwarduntil it is parallel with side portions 10 and 14; portion 3 is benttoward portions 10 and 14 to a position parallel with the lower bottomportion 5; and port-ion 2 is bent downward until it is parallel withportion 4, flap portion 1 being then bent parallel to portion 5 andextending inwardly. Portion 6 is then bent upward into parallel positionwith portion 12 of the sides blank, and portion 7 is bent toward portion12 to a parallel position with bottom portion 5. Portion 8 of the bottomblank is bent downward until it is parallel to portion 12 of the sidesblank and portion 6 of the bottom blank. Portion 9 is then bent at rightangles to portion 8 and is extended toward the opposite side of the boxwhere it falls over flap portion 1.

It will be seen that my invention enables the use of tacks to bedispensed with and that in their place suitable and etlicient means areprovided to hold the box together.

Changes within the spirit and scope of the appended claims may be made,as it is obvious that the details of construction may be varied in manyways. For instance the different portions of the blanks might beconstructed separately and hinged together by strips of cloth, insteadof forming the two blanks out of single sheets of material.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim is 1. A knockdown boxcomprising in eombination, a side section constructed of a strip ofmaterial scored to form upright sides, one side having a slot thereinadjacent its lower edge, and a bot-tom section adapted to be threadedpart way through said slot to form a bottom, the part way threadedportion being extended outwardly and upwardly over one side and inwardlyand downwardly thereabout, and theV unthreaded portion being extendedupwardly over and downwardly inside of the slotted sides to disposetheir lower connected edges ed across the bottom and disposed inoverlapping relation with respect thereto, substant-ially as described.

2. A knockdown box comprising in combination, a side section constructedof a strip of material scored to form a. plurality of box sides of agiven height and having its ends connected to form one of such sides,

that side opposite to the side formed by said connected ends having aslot adjacent its I lower edge and the connected ends being re'- i ducedin height with respect to remainingy 5 sides to dispose their lowerconnected edges in substantial horizontal alinernent with said slot, anda bottoni section threaded part way through said slot to form ya bottomand having its threaded portion extended up 10 about the outsidev anddownwardly about the FRITZ REIGER.

Witnesses J. S. GARRETSON, EDWARD MAISEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained 'for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington-,1). U.

